Kazakhstan

• New Year’s Day
• New Year’s Holiday
• New Year’s Holiday
• Orthodox Christmas Day
• Women’s Day
• Nauryz
• Kazakhstan Peoples’ Solidarity Day
• Defender’s Day
• Defender’s Day Holiday
• Victory Day
• Kurban Ait
• Capital City Day
• Constitution Day
• First President’s Day
• Kazakhstan Independence Day
• Kazakhstan Independence Day Holiday

Working Hours

Employees can work up to 40 hours per week. This is reduced to 24 hours for those aged 14-15 and 36 hours for those aged 16-18. It may also be reduced for employees engaged in heavy manual or hazardous work.

Minimum Wage

Effective 1^st January 2024, the minimum wage is 85,000 Kazakhstani tenge per month.

Employee Tax

Tax rate	10%
Obligatory medical insurance contribution (OMIC)	2%
Obligatory pension contribution (OPC)	10%

Bonuses

There are no statutory bonus schemes in Kazakhstan.

Employment contracts in Kazakhstan must be written. All contracts should include:

• Employer and employee details
• Job title and responsibilities
• Workplace
• Contract duration (if applicable)
• Start date
• Working hours
• Salary
• Work conditions
• Employee and employer rights, obligations, and liabilities
• Termination requirements
• Contract date

Fixed-term contracts are permitted, but should generally last no less than one year.

Annual Leave

Minimum of 24 days’ paid holiday per year.

Sick Leave

Employees can take up to two months of paid sick leave.

Parental Leave

• Maternity leave: At least 126 days' paid leave.
• Paternity leave: None.
• Adoption leave: Employees who adopt a newborn child are entitled to paid adoption leave for a period of fifty-six (56) days. The leave begins from the day of adoption. The payment entitlements are similar as for maternity leave.
• Childcare leave: An employee (father or mother of a child) is entitled to optional unpaid leave for childcare. The unpaid leave can also be granted to employees who adopt a child.

The leave can be granted up to 3 years and automatically ends once the child attains the age of 3 years. It can be taken in full or in parts, and it is available to only one of the child’s parents at a time.

An employer cannot dismiss an employee who opts for this leave. The employee must retain their position at work.

Termination Process

Employers in Kazakhstan can terminate a contract, provided they give notice in line with legal requirements. The amount of notice required depends on the reason for termination.

Grounds for termination include:

• Mutual consent
• Misconduct
• Extended unauthorised absence
• Fixed contract expiry

Employees can also terminate the contract by giving at least one month’s notice.

Severance Pay

Severance pay is only issued in limited circumstances. Eligible employees are entitled to two average monthly salaries.

Under a Mauve Group Employer of Record solution, clients and workers can reap the benefits of Mauve’s Global Master Insurance Programme – a market-leading unified corporate insurance programme that connects all Mauve entities to its two preferred providers.

The insurance provides coverage in overseas locations through a combination of the master policy and its linked local policies, where required by law in certain jurisdictions.  The policies include:

• Employer’s Liability and Public Liability - £10,000,000 combined limit.
• Professional Indemnity - £5,000,000 limit.
• Worker’s Compensation – Limit is dependent on location of work.

For specific information about statutory and recommended insurances in your chosen country, get in touch with Mauve.